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Community of Madrid population 2026

Q: What is the population of Community of Madrid in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,113,886, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Community of Madrid would have about 7.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Comunidad de Madrid

Community of Madrid has 7,113,886 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 104,618 more than a year earlier (+1.49%). It is 3rd of Spain’s 19 autonomous communities by population, home to 14.5% of Spain’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 7.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Community of Madrid in numbers

Population: 7.1 million 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +1.49% +104,618 people
Change since 2020: +5.86% from 6.7 million
Share of Spain: 14.5% 3rd of 19 autonomous communities
Population density: 886per km² 8,028 km²

That is about as many people as Nicaragua (7.1 million).

Population of Community of Madrid by year

7.1M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2012	6,425,522
2013	6,411,525
2014	6,372,553
2015	6,375,737
2016	6,411,466
2017	6,459,297
2018	6,529,923
2019	6,618,078
2020	6,720,310
2021	6,726,640
2022	6,743,273
2023	6,871,903
2024	7,009,268
2025	7,113,886

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	7,113,886	+104,618	+1.49%
2024	7,009,268	+137,365	+2.00%
2023	6,871,903	+128,630	+1.91%
2022	6,743,273	+16,633	+0.25%
2021	6,726,640	+6,330	+0.09%
2020	6,720,310	+102,232	+1.54%
2019	6,618,078	+88,155	+1.35%
2018	6,529,923	+70,626	+1.09%
2017	6,459,297	+47,831	+0.75%
2016	6,411,466	+35,729	+0.56%
2015	6,375,737	+3,184	+0.05%
2014	6,372,553	−38,972	−0.61%
2013	6,411,525	−13,997	−0.22%
2012	6,425,522	–	–

Community of Madrid among Spain’s autonomous communities

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Autonomous communities of Spain by population
#
1	Andalusia	8,676,713	+0.52%	17.7%	99
2	Catalonia	8,124,126	+1.40%	16.5%	255
3	Community of Madrid	7,113,886	+1.49%	14.5%	886
4	Valencian Community	5,425,182	+1.99%	11.0%	233
5	Galicia	2,714,741	+0.33%	5.5%	92
6	Castile and León	2,401,221	+0.40%	4.9%	26
7	Canary Islands	2,258,866	+0.90%	4.6%	303
8	Basque Country	2,242,343	+0.66%	4.6%	310
9	Castilla-La Mancha	2,126,378	+1.04%	4.3%	27
10	Region of Murcia	1,586,989	+1.18%	3.2%	140
11	Aragon	1,364,621	+0.96%	2.8%	29
12	Balearic Islands	1,249,844	+1.47%	2.5%	250
13	Extremadura	1,053,345	−0.13%	2.1%	25
14	Asturias	1,015,128	+0.55%	2.1%	96
15	Navarre	683,854	+0.81%	1.4%	66
16	Cantabria	593,623	+0.47%	1.2%	112
17	La Rioja	326,803	+0.81%	0.7%	65
18	Melilla	87,067	+1.26%	0.2%	7,057
19	Ceuta	83,567	+0.47%	0.2%	4,517

Largest cities in Community of Madrid

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Madrid3,255,944
Ciudad Lineal228,171
Móstoles207,095
Alcalá de Henares193,751
Fuenlabrada190,496
Leganés188,425

Air quality in Community of Madrid today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Madrid

Questions

What is the population of Community of Madrid in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,113,886, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Community of Madrid would have about 7.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Community of Madrid’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 104,618 people (+1.49%) in the latest year, and has changed +5.86% since 2020.

How does Community of Madrid rank in Spain?

Community of Madrid is 3rd of Spain’s 19 autonomous communities, with 14.5% of the people. Andalusia is the largest, with 8.7 million.

What is the population density of Community of Madrid?

About 886 people per km², on 8,028 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Community of Madrid?

Madrid, with about 3.3 million people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS region (demo_r_d2jan). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Spain, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Community of Madrid population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/spain/community-of-madrid/

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